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Inspired by Latin Grammy-winning trumpeter Spencer Ludwig, who started hosting $2 shows in L.A. as a high schooler, Austin-based organizers $3 Shows have been fundraising for various causes since 2009. The next installment benefits DAWA, which provides financial support for BIPOC creatives and frontline workers in Austin. Doubling as an album release party for Austin hip-hop artist Ben Buck’s latest, Backburner 97’, the show will also feature genre-spanning artists Como Las Movies, KVN, Global Octopus, Pajama Sam, Vermin the Villain, Midnight Navy, Joseph Salazar, and Suzanna Choffel.: Alongside a defense class offered by Girls Rock Camp, a vendor market features everything from tarot card readers to jewelers. “The lineup, it’s a mix of everything, and that’s what I do at $3 shows,” says series director Lauren Bruno. “Our main mission is to connect the arts community with the social issues community, but that’s a very big blanket statement … It’s not only incredible to see the community come together for a nonprofit, but also see the community support all these artisans, and then in turn support one another.” Read the full story online.

Written by Miami playwrights Vanessa Garcia and Jake Cline, Jenna and the Whale is about life, death, and who we are in a community as individuals. This world premiere presentation is directed by Lisa Scheps for Ground Floor Theatre in collaboration with Broadway United, and features performances by Kelsey Mazak, Matthew Vo, Keaton Patterson, Jennifer Jennings, Tonie Knight, and Brooke Ashley Eden. And, look: Here's Bob Abelman's review of the show.

This unique event celebrates Austin’s diverse literary scene and various storytelling mediums while supporting the Inside Books Project, a nonprofit dedicated to providing books and educational materials to the incarcerated.

The talented local photog Michael Crawford (who worked with both the Austin Chronicle and Thora-Zine back in the day) has a retrospective of his well-captured images improving the walls at this Burnet Road beer joint.

Cirque Vida invites you to glimpse into human lives through the dim light of a window. Using a combination of dynamic circus performance, dance, and acrobatics, the talented cast explores the complexities of close relationships and the familiarity of day-to-day routines.